{"@context":["https:\/\/www.w3.org\/ns\/activitystreams","https:\/\/w3id.org\/security\/v1",{"manuallyApprovesFollowers":"as:manuallyApprovesFollowers","PropertyValue":"schema:PropertyValue","schema":"http:\/\/schema.org#","pt":"https:\/\/joinpeertube.org\/ns#","toot":"http:\/\/joinmastodon.org\/ns#","webfinger":"https:\/\/webfinger.net\/#","litepub":"http:\/\/litepub.social\/ns#","lemmy":"https:\/\/join-lemmy.org\/ns#","value":"schema:value","Hashtag":"as:Hashtag","featured":{"@id":"toot:featured","@type":"@id"},"featuredTags":{"@id":"toot:featuredTags","@type":"@id"},"alsoKnownAs":{"@id":"as:alsoKnownAs","@type":"@id"},"moderators":{"@id":"lemmy:moderators","@type":"@id"},"postingRestrictedToMods":"lemmy:postingRestrictedToMods","discoverable":"toot:discoverable","indexable":"toot:indexable","sensitive":"as:sensitive","resource":"webfinger:resource"}],"id":"https:\/\/gatewayy.net\/airpods-and-the-three-stages-of-apple-criticism\/","type":"Note","attachment":[],"attributedTo":"https:\/\/gatewayy.net\/author\/gatewayy\/","content":"\u003Cp\u003EI stumbled across a very interesting article via \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatewayy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/kim-airpods-savov\u0022\u003EJohn Gruber\u0026#8217;s Daring Fireball\u003C\/a\u003E by \u003Ca class=\u0022ds-link ds-link--styleSubtle ui-captionStrong u-inlineBlock link link--darken link--darker\u0022 dir=\u0022auto\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/gatewayy.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/@ReThinkReviews?source=post_header_lockup\u0022 data-action=\u0022show-user-card\u0022 data-action-source=\u0022post_header_lockup\u0022 data-action-value=\u0022510cb250ded6\u0022 data-action-type=\u0022hover\u0022 data-user-id=\u0022510cb250ded6\u0022\u003EJonathan Kim\u003C\/a\u003E over at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/medium.com\/rethink-reviews\/airpods-and-the-three-stages-of-apple-criticism-fed70b84e435https:\/\/medium.com\u0022\u003EMedium\u003C\/a\u003E:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp id=\u0022c27a\u0022 class=\u0022graf graf--p graf-after--blockquote\u0022\u003EPut another way: Apple\u2019s products are successful because Apple knows how to market their products to a fanbase of deeply flawed individuals who don\u2019t know what\u2019s good for them.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp id=\u002279f8\u0022 class=\u0022graf graf--p graf-after--p\u0022\u003EI really wish I was exaggerating, but these seven reasons are the main ways Apple critics attempt to explain why someone would choose to buy products critics believe are both overpriced and inferior to their competition. 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